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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "From Desk Of Antony J. Blinken"
Reply-To: <tw810888@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 19:31:36 +0200
Subject: => CONTACT ME BACK IT VERY URGENT

From Desk Of Antony J. Blinken
USA Secretary of State
\
Refund Payment Committee
Federal Executive Council Washington DC USA.
 
Good Day,
 
This letter came to you as a result of information received from our monitoring network regarding your pending transaction funds and also so many payments you have made without receiving your funds.
 
I’m Andrew Tweedie, the new appointed payment committee I assumed this office on 9th, Jan 2023. On going through the files of the previous records of this office I discovered that there are six unpaid funds files and each one attached with an email address of the owner on it. According to the content recorded in each file, it stated that each of the aforementioned files contains the sum of US$1,000,000.00(One Million Dollars) and I found your email contact as a reputable and capable person that is to receive the funds.
 
This file was brought to our office by the International Monetary Fund(IMF) as a compensation to you due to your past experience of failure to complete the release of your funds by another Refund Payment Committee Firm. We also wish to inform you that the Committee members were appointed by our respected President Joe Biden to pay 250 million Dollars to the listed beneficiaries that have lost their money to those scammers and have not yet received their total sum.
 
In order for you to receive your payment this week, you are advised to contact me back on my email and make sure you ANSWERS to the Questions below.
 
Contact Details:
 
Name:  Andrew Tweedie
Email: tw810888@gmail.com
Phone: (+1) 802 459 1028
 
(1)  Your Full Name:
(2)  Your Direct telephone. Fax Number ( if any):
(3)  How Many Months Or Years in which You Have Been Expecting Your Payment?
(4)  The Place you sent Money Last?
(5)  The Last Amount of Money You Sent indicating What Month and Year?
 
From Antony J. Blinken
USA Secretary of State
Refund Payment Committee
Federal Executive Council Washington DC US

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